Rerailer.



E. SMYTH.

RERAILER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-19. 1914.

1,154,273. PatentedSept. 21, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0, WASHINGTON, 0.

E. SMYTH.

RERAILER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19. 1914.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0" WASHINGTON. D. c.

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EZRA survive, on PORTLAND, OREGON, Ass Non or ONE-HALF T FRANCES E.

McINTOSI-I, or PORTLAND, OREGON.

RnRAIL-ER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

A Application filed August 19, 1914/ Serial No. 857,533.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EZRA SMYTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reraile1;'s;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, ref-- erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. i

- This invention relates to improvements in railway appurtenances generally, moreespecially devices for effecting the re-railm'e'nt of derailed cars.

The invention has for its object to provide for readily applying the contrivance,

for the re-railmentof the derailed car, to the'track-rails and to effect that end with facility and expedition.

A further ob ect 1s to'provide' for insurmg the guidance of the wheelsof the derailed car so as to effect their alinement with the track rails for re-railment.

A still further object is to carry out the aforesaid ends in a simple and effective way.

The invention consists therefore of certain instrumentalities and features of construction substantially as hereinafter fully disclosed and defined by the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention wherein it will be understood that various changes and modifications as to the detailed construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the scope of the claims, and in whichdrawings 7 Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention as applied for use to track-rails, the derailed wheels of a car-truck being shown in dotted lines as in effecting the re-railment thereof. Figs. 2 and 3 represent. fragmental side views of the opposite rail'applianc'es respectively of the disclosure of Fig. 1. Figs. 4

F and 5 are sections taken on the lines 4-4 and 55 of Fig. 3, respectively. Fig.6 is a bottom plan view.

In carrying out my invention, I provide complemental castings 1 and 2 for application, as shown, to the rails A of a track, re-

spectively, said castings or members being adapted to suitably rest at one end upon the road-bed or rail-ties, and having their opposite ends so positioned as to stride the rails, as will be presently made more fully apparent. The members 1 and 2, it will be observed, are disposed in relatively diagonal positions upon the track-rails, as clearly shown, particularly, in Fig. 1, the purpose of which as clearly made apparent by the dotted line showing of the trucks in the latter referred to figure, is to enable the same to most nearly conform to the position into which the derailed car is brought preliminary to effecting the re-railment of the latter.

The members 1 and 2 are each produced along general lines after the form of an isosceles triangle, with the lateral or longitudinal edges thereof upraised or vertically flanged, as at 8, for aiding the directing of the derailed wheels at their flanged edges upwardly along the treador upper surfaces 4- of said members, the latter in addition to normally assuming an inclination, as they are placed in the position as above indicated upon the track-rails having their tread surfaces convex or rounded as suggested by the dotted lines 5, 5 in Figs. Qand 3, for facilitating the upward movement of the wheel flanges thereon. The rounded or convex formation 5 of the member 1 besides being carried slightly above the tread of the rail as at 6 is also rounded to a somewhat higher plane, which latter elevated surface is in the form of a tongue 7 having its forward end tapered to an apex as at 7" suitably spaced off distant from the rail receiving slot 6', the tapered end or apex 7*, together with the upwardly rounded or inclined surface '6 thus providing, as seen particularly at the left hand end of ig. 1, for guiding the wheel-flange of the derailed car diag onally along said inclined member to the opposite side of said apex for aiding inef fe'cting' the re-railment operation. The tapered orapexformation of the tongue 7, it will also be observed provides for aiding in eifectingthe interchangeability of the inclined membersl and 2 as in accommodating guiding the wheelface thereon. The inclined member 2 has extending from its rounded or convex tread surface a slightly higher gradually rounded or convex surface or elevation, taking the form of a tongue 8, projecting suitably to rest upon the alining track-rall to provide 'Also it is further observed that by reason of the members or inclines 1 and 2'being of substantially isosceles triangular'outline they are adapted to centrally stride the track-rail, thus providingfor their interchangeability for suitably positioningthe same with respect to the track-rails, according to the direction in which it may be required to effect the re-railment of the derailed car. Each of the inclines or members 1 and 2 has, of course, alongitudinal central slot or opening 9 therein, for their application to the track-rails, and along the, edges of these slots, both upon the upper and lower. surfaces thereof, are longitudinal ledges or flanges 10 and 11, respectively, the ledges or flanges conforming in longitudinal outline to the corresponding outline of the inclines or members 1 and 2, to provide for preventing lateral skewing movement of said members or inclines, as the weight of the derailed car is brought thereon in effecting the rerailment operation, as will be appreciated.

-The members o1-v inclines 1 and 2 are provided at their rail-bed or engaging ends with suitable fastenings 13 for securing said members or inclines at that point. The members or inclines 1 and 2 are adapted to be suitably secured to the track-rails, preferably, by means of retaining screws 14 working in opposite downward-extensions 15 of said members, at their elevated ends, said screws bearing against the webs of the rails and clamping the members in position upon the latter. Also opposed angled platelike members 16'having the lower ends of their inclined portions 17 resting upon the bases or feet of the track-rails A and their upper portions 18 received by keepers 19 cast with the members or inclines 1 and 2,

are provided for staying or bracing the latter at their elevated ends upon the rails, said angled plate-lik'e'members having them: upright keeper-receiving portions each provided with a plurality of apertures 20, said apertures receiving retaining screws 21 positioned below said keepers and threaded into said members or inclines as clearly shown particularly in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing taken in connection with the accompanying illustration, it is believed that the application and operation of my invention have been made fully apparent. 7

I claim 1. A re-railing device, including complemental inclined members of substantially triangular outline, one of said inclined members having a rounded. upper surface, a. railreceiving slot in I its longitudinal median plane, upstanding flanges along its lateral edges, and an upraised tongue-formingportion at its tapering elevated end, in alinement with said, slot, said tongue-forming portion having its inner end tapered to an apex terminating contiguous to the inner end of said slot; the opposite end of said tongueforming portion projecting from the elevated end of-said inclined member forv resting upon an adjacent rail, the upper surface of said tongue-forming portion also being rounded, the companion inclined member having a central longitudinal slot ter- Ininating a short distance from its tapering end, and an upraised upper-surface-rounded portion, with one end extending from said slot, the opposite end of said upraised portion projecting from the elevatedtapering end of the inclined member and forming a tongue resting upon an adjacent rail.

2. A device of the type described, including an inclined member for the transference ofa derailed car to the rails, said inclined'member being adapted to stride the rail-head and having at its elevated end latera-l. keepers, angle plate-like members with their lower ends adapted to rest upon the base of the rail and their upper portions received by said keepers, and holding screws engaging said angle plate-like members and threaded into saidinclined members.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signa ture, in presence of two witnesses.

EZRA SMYTH.

Witnesses:

' R. G. WRIGHT, FnAivons E. MCINTOSH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

